Package: ifplugd
Version: 0.26-2
Severity: normal
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Hi,
Note: From past experience, I think this problem is with ifplugd. But I
could be wrong and guessnet package may be the culprit or some other
package.
I just dist-upgraded a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was running 2.6.12 kernel
and Debian Unstable. After the upgrade(I recall hotplug was uninstalled
and udev upgraded), the laptop boot process now stalls at the
"Configuring network interfaces ..." step.
I tried booting into single user mode, but it stalls at the same point
again.
I was able to boot into Debian Unstable by making a change using a
Knoppix boot cd.
I had guessnet based setup in the laptop (the guessnet interfaces file
is listed in the PS below). At boot time, something seemed to be going
wrong with that. So I booted using Knoppix, mounted the / partition and
changed the /etc/network/interfaces so that eth0 was using dhcp protocol
(without using guessnet). I was then able to boot into Debian Unstable
without any problems.
But when I tried to use my "interfaces" file which used guessnet
scripts, the problem came back again and the machine stalled/hanged.
Rebooting the machine again gave a stall or hang at "Configuring network
interfaces ..." step. And reverting back to the dhcp protocal for eth0
worked.
thanks,
->HS
PS: In /etc/network, I have multiple interface files:
# ls -1 interfaces*
interfaces
interfaces.guessnet
interfaces.home-dhcp
interfaces.home-static
interfaces.pharma
where "interfaces" is a soft link to one of the other files. I had this
pointing to interfaces.guessnet so far (Other files were used before I
started using guessnet, and when I used each one depending where my
laptop was). Here is my guessnet based file (some IP address are masked
below):
##################################################################
cat /etc/network/interfaces.guessnet
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
mapping eth0
script /usr/sbin/guessnet-ifupdown
map homedlink homelinux pharmalan
map default: homelinux
iface homedlink inet static
address 192.168.1.14
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers x.y.z.q
up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start
test-peer address 192.168.1.1 source 192.168.1.14
iface homelinux inet dhcp
up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start
down /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh stop
#test-peer address 192.168.0.1
iface pharmalan inet static
address aa.bb.cc.dd
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway aa.bb.cc.ff
dns-nameservers aa.bb.cc.11 aa.bb.cc.22
up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start
down /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh stop
test-peer address aa.bb.cc.ff source aa.bb.cc.dd
##################################################################
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages ifplugd depends on:
ii
debconf
1.4.58 Debian configuration management sy
ii
libc6
2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii
libdaemon0
0.8-1 lightweight C library for daemons
Versions of packages ifplugd recommends:
ii
ifupdown
0.6.7 high level tools to configure netw
-- debconf information:
* ifplugd/interfaces: eth0
* ifplugd/hotplug_interfaces: eth0
* ifplugd/args: -q -f -u0 -d10 -w -I
* ifplugd/suspend_action: stop
- Bug#334111: ifplugd: stalls (or hangs) boot process at "Configu... H. S.
